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Two years ago, for Nick’s 40th birthday, Rachel decided it was now or never to try something more adventurous and leave their comfort zone.“I’d once kissed another girl years ago in my student days; I never doubted I was ‘straight’ but having a proper grown-up sexual experience with a woman was something I’d always wanted

Hormonal factors in adulthood One of the underlying causes of acne can be changes in hormones, particularly androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (male hormones which we all have in our skin). Androgens can make the sebaceous glands produce more sebum, an oily substance that protects your skin from drying out, and a build-up of sebum in

Women in the UK were more likely than their EU counterparts to feel dissatisfied about being able to access high-quality healthcare – such as getting a GP or hospital appointment – where they lived.The number of women who said chronic conditions inferred with their daily lives has increased by more than 50 per cent in

Thomas Farmer, 11, who was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy when he was one, can now eat six peanuts a day after joining the trial in Southampton.His mother Lauren said: “Having food allergies can be really difficult and isolating … (but) our journey on the Natasha study has been amazing so far.“At first, it

Documents unearthed by campaign group Factor VIII, as well as files submitted to the Infected Blood Inquiry have unearthed a long-running project to run research projects on haemophiliacs.Victims say that doctors ran experiments to determine the risk of infection from imported Factor VIII and continued to run these studies even when aware of the links

Men will now be the focus of workplace health checks amid concern that too many refuse to see a doctor.The health service is launching pilot schemes to bring blood pressure tests, and checks on weight and lifestyle into offices, building sites and other workplaces.Maria Caulfield, the health minister, said a pilot scheme for 150,000 people

The Foreign Office (FCDO) gave hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to an LGBT organisation whose founder opposes the findings of the Cass Review.The department has handed £200,000 to the Ozanne Foundation to pay for a course for religious leaders to persuade them to protect LGBT+ people from harm in religious settings.The foundation

Grieving families are waiting up to six weeks for funerals in some parts of the country, undertakers have warned.The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) said the “death care sector” was crumbling as a “snowball effect of delays” had left many relatives struggling to understand why burials were being postponed for weeks.A shortage of pathologists

It was in October 2014 when I sat down and watched Kris Hallenga’s powerful documentary Kris: Dying to Live. The fact she was brave, frank and funny of course shone through, but the thing that really hit home was how young she had been when she was diagnosed – just 23. I was 26 at that

“Everyone should be protected from conversion therapy. But the challenge, thinking about the legislation, has been about intent.“If a therapist engages with a young person and they change their views about their gender identity, and then they subsequently say it was because the therapist had an intent to change their gender identity, that puts the